VOV.VN - The leading 38 contenders of the Miss World Vietnam 2022 pageant were selected on April 24 during the preliminary final held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has become the second largest fruit and vegetable supplier to Taiwan (China), with the market share of the product coded HS 07 increasing as part of total Taiwanese imports, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - By the end of the first quarter, the steel industry had imported up to three million tonnes, worth US$3.1 billion, with a trade deficit of US$800 million, while exports brought in US$2.3 billion, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).

Thanks to increases in savings interest rates, deposits at banks increased strongly in the first two months of this year after declining last year.

A special “ao dai” (traditional long dress of Vietnam) show was held at Yen Tu historic and landscape site in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi district on April 23, aiming to honour the beauty of "ao dai" and promote the nation’s cultural values.

VOV.VN - Vice President of Laos Pany Yathotou will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 25 – 27, according to a press communique from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The daily number of fresh coronavirus infections in Vietnam nosedived to a five-month low of 8,813 in 60 cities and provinces across the country, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on April 24.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2022 themed “Helping culture prevail and developing reading culture” aims to encourage and boost community reading movements.

The average daily trading value on Vietnam’s stock market has reached more than US$1.34 billion per session so far this year, up 15.9% from the last year’s figure and now the second largest in ASEAN, only after Thailand, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The lists of the 500 fastest-growing companies in Vietnam (FAST500) and the top 10 firms in real estate-construction - building material this year were announced by the Vietnam Report JSC and the VietNamNet e-newspaper during a ceremony held in Hanoi on April 22.